Sad-iron holder for ironing-boards.



R. A. GREENUP. SAD IRON HOLDER FOR IRONING BOARDS. APPLICATION FILED JAN .22. 1917.

1 ,277 9 1 2 v Patented Sept. 3, 1918,

ya A? REBECCA A. GREENU'P,

TED STAT S:

OF ST. LOUIS; MISSOURI.

sen-mom HOLDER ron I'RONING-BOARDS.

' To all whom it may concern: l v

. tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had. to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

- My invention relates generally to a rest of holder for, the sad irons which are used upon ironing boards, the principal object of 9 my invention being to provide a rest or support havlng a series of rollers which combine to form, in effect, a rolling surface which when the device is' properly applied to a board occupies a slightly inclined position below the ironing surface of the board, thereby enabling the iron to be easily shifted onto or from the supporting device, thus wholly eliminating the labor involved in liftingthe iron to andfrom the ordinary form of supporting rack, the surface of Y which generally occupies a plane a substantial distance above the plane occupied by' the ironing surface of the board.

The iron rest or supporting device contemplated bymy inyention isintended to be positioned near one end of the ironing board immediately adjacent tofthe cover or pad which is applied to the board and forms the ironing surface. With the support in this position, the iron can be easily shifted onto or frpm said support with a slidingmovement and without any lifting efforts by the operator. a

The members which combine to form a rolling support for the iron are transversely disposed with respect to the length ofthe ironing board and as said rolling support is slightly inclined downwardly. away from the ironing surface, it will be readily understood that very little effort is required to move the iron onto orfrom said support.

In using a sad iron upon an ironing board,

the operator generally arranges the work so that the sad iron can'be moved lengthwise of said board, for, by such movement, much more work canbe accomplished'with a single long'stroke of the iron in a givenperiod of time than by a comparatively large number of the. ironing board, and it is one -of the Specification of Letters Patent.

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objects of my invention to locate thesupporting device in a position where the iron can-be readily and without appreciable'effort guided onto the rest at the end of an ironing stroke lengthwise of the board. With the foregoing and other objects in view,.my invention consists in certain'novel features of constructionand arrangement of parts, hereinafter. more fully described,

mmemoa claimed and illustrated in the accompanying" drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of an ironing boardequipped with a sad iron rest or support of my'improved construction.

proximately on the line 22fof Fig. -1.

'Fig. 2 isan enlarged section taken ap- Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section taken 7 approximately on the line 33 of Fig; 2.

Fig 4 is a crosssec tional view similar to Fig 3 and illustrating a modified construction.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 10 designates the ironing board which is of the usual form and construction and applied" thereto in the usual manner is a cover or pad 11 which forms an ironing surface,.the same being yielding to a certain degree. a In order to receive .the sad lronrest or support contemplated by my invention, the

ironing board is provided near one end and immediately adjacent to one end of the cover 11 with a substantially rectangular aperture '12. The frame of the rest or support is preferably constructed 'of metal substantially,-rectangu1ar in forn'r and comprises.

four vertically disposed walls 13 which when I the device is properly applied for use fit snugly. against the edges of the board around the opening 12. Formed integral with Y these walls 13 are horizontally disposed marginal flanges 14 which bear directly upon the top surfaces of the board 10. The frame thus constructed is fixed to the ironing board in any suitable manner, preferably by means "of screws which pass through the flanges 14: and are seated in the board: The inner one ofthe flanges 14 of the frame is preferablythe upper edges of rpositioned directly upon the adjacent end of the cover or'pad 11 as illustrated in Figs. 1" and 2, and thus the support is positioned so that it will readily receive the iron as it is shifted with a sliding movement ofl the ironof short strokes or movements transversely; ing surface. Likewise, the iron can be easily shlfteds from the support directly onto the ironing surface ofthe board and the work positioned thereupon.

Seated in the sidewalls of the metal frame are the ends of transversely disposed rods 15 and loosely mounted upon each rod is a tube 16. These rods are disposed so that the entire series gradually inclines downward from one end-of the frame to the other andaway- 18 and the latter being loosely mounted in the side walls of the'same. (See Fig. 4).

By virtue of the fact that the inclined se, ries ofrollers forming a part of my im-' proved device are disposed below the plane occupied by the topof the ironing board and the ironing surface thereof, a pocket is formed in which the sadiron rests while not in use and when the iron is positioned in the ocket, the board can readily be shifted rom one positionto another or slightly ele vated so as to arrange the work thereupon without disturbing the iron. In other "words, it will maintain its position within the, pocket even though the board be tilted lengthwise or transversely while positioning the work thereon.

A sad iron support of my improved qonstruction is comparatively simple, can be easily and cheaply manufactured, is adapted foruse in connection with all ironing boards,

and its use entirely eliminates the labor -in- 'is elevated with respect to the ironing surface of the board.

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction iron support can be made and substituted for thoseherein shown and described, without. departing from the spirit of .my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims. I claim: x

1. A sad iron holder comprising a frame adapted to be applied to an ironing board,

and a plurality of revoluble members arranged in said frame and forming the bottom of the holder, which revoluble members are transversely disposed with respect to the length of the board and said plurality of revoluble members being inclined downwardly away from the ironingsurface of the board.

2. In a sad iron holder for-ironing boards, a series of rotatably mounted rollers arranged in a pocket formed in the ironing board, said rollers being transversely disposed with respect to the length of the board to which they are applied.

3. A sad iron holder comprising a frame adapted to be applied to an ironing board, and a plurality of revoluble members arranged in said frame and which revoluble members form the bottom of the holder.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of January, 1917.

REBECCA A. GREENUP.

of the various parts of my improved flat 

